collectible

i always wanted to have a collection. my friend R collects toys, L collects M&M items, C loves anything hello kitty. others collect starbuck mugs, shoe figurines, kimmy dolls and magnets, but i couldn't find anything i like enough to collect.

i do have some bookmarks that i bought from different countries, but im not obsessed with it and it sounds nerdy to be collecting bookmark (borrinng!!). last year, i wanted to start collecting pullip dolls, especially the audrey hepburn dolls, but they're all so expensive and the nearest store is in sg. i still want them though.

aside from the audrey hepburn dolls, i also wanted to collect anything audrey hepburn related (i especially want to buy an audrey hepburn poster or popart to hang on the walls of my condo -- i'll save up by next year) like pins, necklaces, earrings but i think practically every fashionista lady in manila loves audrey hepburn so it sounds too cliche.

so yesterday, i was walking around gh when i stopped by a small accessories store and saw these adorable snowflake earrings! 3 earrings in a set.. all 3 in different designs. i guess it's because "no snowflake is the same". and then i realised something.... i can collect SNOWFLAKES!! i currently have a giant pair of snowflake earrings that i bought in sg and a double snowflake necklace that i bought in manila. Okay. so having 3 snowflake accessories does not make a collection but it's a start right?? so now i just have to look for and think of other snowflake items to collect!! hopefully i'll find more and my collection will grow!

ps, i would also like to collect vintage posters but i dont know where to put them!! might be a waste of space if i can't post them up my walls.

the mentalist season 3 finale

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT!!!

another explosive 2-hour finale!! first, the list of the 4 suspects. for the whole series, i already suspected of them: the hot fbi agent craig o'loughlin (because he came out of nowhere and kept putting his nose in even when's he's freaking fbi, and how fast his r'ship with grace went, i felt there was something wrong) and director gale bertram, when he quoted a poem from william blake. the other 2 suspects were just blah -- the publicist has been there the whole season and there was no reason for her to be the mole. the DA only came out the previous season when agent cho helped the kid who stole his car. and then we find out later that it is really craig o'loughlin who is red john's mole.

as for red john himself, im glad that they chose a stranger to portray him instead of someone we've already met. a big letdown for me, though was the conversation between him and jane. i was hoping for a big confrontation but all we got was some weird monologue from red john wanting to retire, etc. that was a bit anti-climactic for me. one of the best scenes in the finale was when red john started describing jane's wife and daughter's scents and you can see jane's cool facade  totally crumble with anguish and pain.. and the best part was him killing red john just as he always promised he would.. and jane and only jane would ever sit down to finish his coffee and get his check like nothing happened. REALLY AWESOME!

it will be really interesting what the writers are planning to do for season 4. definitely jane cannot go unscathed here since he killed a guy so i'm very curious how this would affect the entire show. plus even though red john is dead, there are still so many unanswered questions.. like who is red john? how can he be so powerful that he has so many people working for him? so i hope that they will be able to slowly tackle these issues while continuing to churn out more and better crime cases to solve.

maroon 5 concert at the smx

at last! i've been waiting for this day to arrive ever since i bought tickets last feb! i even filed 2 days leave just for this day and it was soo worth it!!

my best mate N and i got gold b tickets with free seats and we sat on the right side of the place. a strategic place since adam spent most of his time running around on the right side than the left.

it was a great concert as the band just kept on playing hit after hit after hit. the energy was so amazing and everyone was singing and going crazy for the next 1 1/2 hours!

                                    perfect timing to take a great pic of adam on the giant screen

N and i spent the first hour standing on our seats -- we did see adam quite a lot but he kept on moving around the stage that i was getting dizzy (in a good way) trying to follow him around the stage. there was this tall girl a few seats ahead of us that blocked our view -- she just so happened to stand right in front of our view whenever adam stays in the middle!! so that was a bit of a bummer so we had to strain our necks or watch the tv whenever he's in that area. unfortunately my hands were shaking were clapping too much so pics are a bit blurry.

when he started singing sweetest goodbye, N and i sat down for a bit to rest and wondered if the middle area (no seats, it was where the giant post with the giant tv was placed) had a better view since a lot of people who went there didn't go back to their seats and i also noticed that adam stayed in that area near the post so N and i went to the center to see if the view is clearer... and YES!! it was!! adam was right in the middle -- unrestricted view!! there were a few people in front of us but we could still see him well! we even moved closer to the front! i took a few pics of the stage -- of course i hit zoom on my camera but this is more or less what we saw in our new place so still a bit far but near enough to go spazzing at adam's hotness! i also recorded their last song "Sunday Morning" - il try to upload it here when i can.

overall it was a great concert! everyone had a good time and i hope maroon 5 also enjoyed and appreciated the crowd's wild screams and applause. i mean adam seemed really happy and smiling a lot during the entire performance. he even tweeted about it and i hope the band comes back after a few years!

castle season 3 finale

WARNING: SPOILER ALERT!!!

OMG!!! great finale! the tone of the final episode was different from the usual fun and light murder mystery theme of the whole series since it's about the continuing storyline of who killed beckett's mom. i've read the spoiler ahead that there's someone who will die in the finale. i have already guessed that it's montgomery, though i didnt know that it's because he was the third cop all along. i think while him being the 3rd cop seems to make sense after a few reasoning, it was also totally where-did-that-come-from because he has always been showing up in and out of the series like a mentor or guide but actually realising he plays a very important character was a surprise. i like that even though he was supposed to be bad, beckett was able to forgive him since she respected him and she knew that in the end he saved her life. still, beckett's murder storyline is not yet finished and i feel like they're back to ground zero, looking for new leads in the case.

the bigger shock in the finale though was kate being assassinated during montgomery's funeral. well obviously with castle being renewed for the fourth season, im sure that kate will make it. im just curious how they will do it and how her attempted assassination changes the tone of the show next season. i did find all the not-so-subtle clues of castle being kate's savior and him finally saying i love you to kate a bit cheesy, though i think it was also needed to propel their relationship forward next season. as castle said, they never talk about it. an alternate fantasy for me is that castle was able to push kate away and he ends up being shot, with kate finally saying i love you to castle -- castle has always put his heart out on his sleeve and is always following kate so i thought it would have been a good change if it was kate who finally opened up and spoke about her feelings for castle -- though i think they did it since castle is supposed to be the man and he has to be able to help kate get over her emotional baggage.

on the side note, i also loved the emotional scene between ryan and esposito when they found out who the third cop was. and castle and his mom's scene was also beautiful.

that said, i have to wait for 4 more months before we find out what's inside the envelope that montgomery mailed before he died.. a long slow wait but in the meantime, im all set to watch an even thrilling finale from the mentalist (!!!!)

so many k-dramas, so little time

i haven't even finished downloading winter / sping korean dramas:

Title: Secret Garden / 시크릿 가든

Genre: Romance, comedy, fantasy, melodrama

Episodes: 20

Synopsis: The drama tells the story of Kim Joo Won (Hyun Bin), an arrogant and eccentric CEO who maintains the image of seeming perfection, and Gil Ra Im (Ha Ji Won), a poor and humble stuntwoman whose beauty and body are the object of envy amongst top actresses. Their accidental meeting, when Joo Won mistakes Ra Im for actress Park Chae Rin, marks the beginning of a tense, bickering relationship, through which Joo Won tries to hide a growing attraction to Ra Im that both confuses and disturbs him. To complicate matters further, a strange sequence of events results in them swapping bodies.

Stars: Ha Ji Won, Hyun Bin

Broadcast period: Nov 13, 2010 to Jan 16, 2011

Airtime: Sat and Sun 21:45

I only started liking Ha Ji Won when I watched her in Family Outing while I loved Hyun Bin in My Name is Kim Sam Soon. Looking forward to them together for the first time!

 

Title: My Princess / 마이 프린세스

Genre: Romance, comedy

Episodes: 16

Synopsis: An ordinary college student, Lee Seol, finds out she's a princess. The grandson of Daehan Group, Park Hae Young, is put in charge of educating Seol on proper etiquette. However, Hae Young is put in a precarious situation when he finds himself drawn to Seol, the girl who will take away his inheritance if the monarchy is restored.

Stars: Kim Tae Hee, Song Seung Hun

Broadcast period: Jan 5 to Feb 24, 2011

Airtime: Wed and Thurs 21:55

I dont like both stars (they are both eyecandy but bad actors) but both were praised for this romcom. I guess they're better with cute and funny dramas!


now summer is here and may has been bombarding me with great drama after drama after drama!
Title: Romance Town / 로맨스 타운
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 20
Synopsis: The story of domestic help who work for rich households. No Soon Geum is one of these housekeepers; despite the master-maid heirarchy, she’s bold, fearless, and unafraid of doing hard work in order to support herself. As a child, Soon Geum had dreamt of living a grand life in a Cinderella story, complete with her own white knight, but that dream had faded as reality took over. However, she reaches a turning point in her life when she is hired as a maid for the rich and handsome Kang Gun Woo.
Stars: Sung Yuri, Jung Gyu Woon
Broadcast period: May 11, 2011 to TBA
Airtime: Wed and Thurs 21:55
Yuri's last dramas were a bore while I dont know Jung Gyu Woon, but i always love trendy dramas and the ako'y-langit-ika'y-lupa love stories so i hope this is a good one!

Title: The Greatest Love / 최고의 사랑 / Choegoui Sarang / Best Love

Genre: Romance, comedy

Episodes: 16

Synopsis: Ae Jung is a female band member who is already over the hill. When she enters a variety show to pretend marriage with the top star Jin, she gets entangled in a love triangle along with her ex-bandmate Kang Se Ri. Yoon Pil Joo is a doctor of oriental medicine who has no interest in the entertainment industry but meets Ae Jung by chance and falls for her.

Stars: Gong Hyo Jin, Cha Seung Won

Broadcast period: May 4, 2011 to TBA

Airtime: Wed and Thurs 21:55

I always watch anything by the Hong Sisters. While I don't like Gong Hyo Jin, she's not that pretty but she's a great actor. Cha Seung Won made a big place in my heart after watching City Hall so i will watch this!

Title: Lie To Me / 내게 거짓말을 해봐 / Naege Geojitmaleul Haebwa

Genre: Romance, comedy

Episodes: 16

Synopsis: Gong Ah Jung, a level 5 Ministry of Culture official, gets entangled in a web of lies when she mistakenly lies that she's married to Hyun Ki Joon, a hotel manager from an affluent family. Their relationship is further complicated when Ki Joon's ex-fiancée and a close friend of his brother's, Oh Yoon Joo, reappears in his life.

Stars: Yun Eun Hye, Kang Ji Hwan

Broadcast period: May 9, 2011 to TBA

Airtime: Mon and Tue 21:55

The only drama i watched of Eun Hye is Coffee Prince which i loved and I only liked Kang Ji Hwan in Coffee House. I'm back they're both back and i hope they're pairing is a good one! and i just love pretend couplings and misunderstandings!

i need to step up and download at a faster speed!!!

im not a follower, i have my own mind

Everywhere i go...

I see people taking pictures using their DsLRs while i use my pink sony cybershot.

I see people busily texting and calling using their iphones or blackberry while i love my handy nokia e71.

I see people playing games or reading ebooks in their iPad while i play my itouch and read using Kindle.

I see people typing in their laptops and macs while i rely on my big desktop.

No im not a technophobe, quite the opposite as i love gadgets. I just dont need to follow trends and be ''in''.

I know what i want and i buy what i want.

jay park "Tonight" mv released

so different from abandoned but me like it so much!!! the dance intro is soo cool! so much color, such a happy vibe! its nice seeing jay be cool and adorkable at the same time! i wish he can join and guest in variety shows like before.